(A) Applications for licenses for public vehicles shall be made in writing to Council and shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the trade name if any under which he or she does business, the seating capacity of the vehicles for which application is made, make, any length of time vehicle has been in service either in public or private use, and any other information that Council considers pertinent to the issuance of a license.
(B) Council shall investigate and hold a hearing as to each application for license for a taxicab, and if it is found from such investigation and hearing that public convenience and necessity justify the operation of the vehicle for which license is desired, the applicant shall be so notified. If the applicant is the owner of the vehicle and such vehicle is a safe and fit conveyance and complies with all of the provisions of this chapter, then the Fiscal Officer shall be authorized to issue the license desired upon the payment of the license fee and the presentation of evidence of bond or insurance required.
(C) However, if upon hearing and investigation, the public convenience and necessity do not justify the operation of the vehicle for which license is desired, then the applicant shall be notified of such finding forthwith.
(D) All taxicab owners hereby licensed or hereafter licensed according to law, shall, at the completion of the current license period, be entitled to have such license renewed for a succeeding year without a finding of convenience and necessity, provided all other requirements and regulations are complied with.
(1997 Code, § 114.04) (Ord. 308, passed 4-5-1949)